Fancy a Cuppa Star Wars?

Fancy a Cuppa Star Wars?



Any kid of the '80s who ever needed a late night drink of water before bed usually grabbed a Dixie Cup from the handy wall dispenser in the bathroom. Lucky for us, these Dixie Cups often depicted characters from our favorite TV shows and movies, which of course included Star Wars.

Most of us have fond memories about our first encounter with the Star Wars Dixie Cups. I remember being at a friend's slumber party and I literally smuggled out 10 Star Wars Dixie Cups from her bathroom that apparently belonged to her younger brother who kept wondering why I was so thirsty.

Reis O'Brien from Geek Orthodox blog recalls his favorite Star Wars Dixie Cup memory:

The unexpected huge hit of the day was the fact that they were serving plenty of "orange drink" from a giant cooler and handing them out in these awesome Star Wars Dixie Cups! Now, this was 1981, when we were still covered in the warming glow of The Empire Strikes Back and we pounced on those cups like they were made of gold!

We kept going up to the lady by the cooler and asking for more, which she kept giving us, each time in a new Star Wars Dixie Cup, then we'd chug the orange drink, wipe out the cup with a napkin and ad it to our rapidly growing stack, which we were hiding in our jacket pockets, worried that if our teachers knew we were trying to keep the cups, they would make us throw them away. We knew that they wouldn't understand and would look at our treasures as "trash."

They did notice us going bonkers over the cups, though, and I remember them shaking their heads and kind of laughing as if they didn't get it. What's not to get?! We're all 9 years old, it's 1981, and we've just been presented with free Star Wars collectibles! It's simple math, people!

Read more about it here:
Star Wars Dixie Cups!

2009 Star Wars Fan Movie Challenge Winners

(Photo by Bonnie Burton - The big winners of the night for Saber!)

2009 Star Wars Fan Movie Challenge Winners
Photos/Words: Bonnie Burton

Atom and Lucasfilm once again filled a massive Ballroom 20 at Comic-Con International with fans eager to see who would be taking home the coveted golden droid statuettes in the 8th Star Wars Fan Movie Challenge. Special guest presenters Olivia Munn (G4's Attack of the Show) and Seth Green (Robot Chicken) entertained the crowd, while filmmakers showed off their cinematic tributes to Star Wars.

Out of the 22 finalists, who all had astounding films, here's a list of the winners who walked away with a golden statue.

George Lucas Selects: Joseph Nicolosi for Star Wars Retold (Award introduced by Clone Wars Supervising Director Dave Filoni, and via video, George Lucas)

Audience Choice: Clare Grant, Rileah Vanderbilt, Adam Green and Mike Civitano for Saber (Award introduced by Seth Green)

Best Action: Clare Grant, Rileah Vanderbilt, Adam Green and Mike Civitano for Saber (Award introduced by Olivia Munn)

Best Comedy: Rich Scheirmann for Family Dysfunction (Award introduced by Director of Lucas Online, Bill Gannon)

Best Parody: Jeff Capone for Star Sports Theatrical Trailer (Award introduced by LucasArt Marketing Manager Matt Shell)

Best Animated Movie: Oscar Fabian Triana Mendez for Star Wars in a Notebook (Award introduced by Manager of Content Development at Atom Entertainment, Ian Friedman)

Spirit of Fandom Award: Joe Presswood for Star Wars Cinemagic (Award introduced by Lucasfilm Events Manager Mary Franklin)

See photos of all the winners and special guest stars in our Fan Movie Challenge Awards 2009 Flickr Set.

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SOURCE: Official Starwars.com Blog

A Lotta Leias at Comic-Con 2009

A Lotta Leias at Comic-Con 2009
Words/Photos: Bonnie Burton

One of the best parts of being at San Diego Comic-Con is seeing all the costumes -- whether it's a '70s disco Boba Fett or Star Trek ladies with '60s bouffants, there's always something worthy of a Twitpic.

This year, as every year, the Slave Leia Photo Op took center stage. When they weren't making fanboys drool over at the Gentle Giant booth, they could be spotted gathering together in the Star Wars Pavilion. Luckily for you, Starwars.com was there making sure this get-together wouldn't be missed.


(Photo by Bonnie Burton)

Check out the rest of the photos here:
Slave Leias at Comic-Con 2009

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SOURCE: Star Wars Blog

Comic-Con Recap: Robot Chicken Skate Party!

Comic-Con Recap: Robot Chicken Skate Party!
Photos/Words: Bonnie Burton

Boba Fett and Princess Leia on roller skates? Imperial Slow Skate? A dancing Robot Chicken? Now your spicy food-triggered dreams have come true thanks to the Robot Chicken Skate Party, which launched off their Robot Chicken on Wheels Tour at San Diego Comic-Con International.

Robot Chicken creators Seth Green and Matthew Senreich, other Robot Chicken cast and crew, Clone Wars director Dave Filoni, members from Rebel Legion and the 501st Legion, roller derby girls, RC fans and Comic-Con attendees laced up their roller skates and danced the night away to an '80s soundtrack that would put any John Hughes movie to shame.

VIDEO: Robot Chicken San Diego Skate Party!

In addition to roller skating, party goers could get their photo taken with a bigger than life-sized Robot Chicken mascot, as well as in front of the Robot Chicken backdrop with lightsaber props!

Here's a few snapshots from the party:


(Seth Green in the house!)


(Robot Chicken's co-creator Matthew Senreich and Lucasfilm Animation's Meagan Finnerty.)


(Robot Chicken mascot in the flesh...er feathers.)


(The Clone Wars director Dave Filoni and Lucasfilm Animation's Meagan Finnerty)


(Star Wars Fan Film Award Winner for "Saber" -- Clare Grant.)


(Imperial Slow Skate!)


(Robot Chicken on Wheels Tour Banner)

Check out more photos from the party here:
Robot Chicken Skate Party

More about the Robot Chicken Skate Tour here:

• Adult Swim Announces Robot Chicken Roller Skating Tour (via Starwars.com)


• Robot Chicken on Wheels (via Adult Swim)


• Robot Chicken on Wheels '09 Tour Facebook Page


• Robot Chicken Skate Party moves to L.A. (via Starwars.com)

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SOURCE: Star Wars Blog

Comic-Con Recap: The Empire Muggs Back

Comic-Con Recap: The Empire Muggs Back
Photos/Words: Bonnie Burton

If you were at San Diego Comic-Con International this year then you may have spotted our display cases featuring customized Star Wars Mighty Mugg art pieces for The Empire Muggs Back -- a charity art show to raise money for Make-A-Wish Foundation.

The cases showed off Mighty Muggs from toy designers, graffiti artists, tattoo artists, comic book artists, Star Wars artists, Robot Chicken model makers, puppeteers, and artists, and even a few celebrities like Clone Wars director Dave Filoni, Fanboys director Kyle Newman, actress Jaime King, and The Go-Go's Jane Wiedlin.

In addition to checking out the display, fans were able to pick up info cards and limited-edition pins (a different pin passed out each day of Comic-Con). All participating artists get pins and an Empire Muggs Back t-shirt.

Here's some photos of The Empire Muggs Back at Comic-Con:


(The Clone Wars director Dave Filoni poses with his Aurra Sing and Cad Bane Mighty Muggs.)


(Robot Chicken and Shadowmachine's Rebecca Van Cleve poses with her Ackbar cereal art.)

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